North Lawndale Employment Network

10th District Police DepartmentThis site provides general information about the Chicago Police Department and the Chicago Alternative Policing Strategy.

You will also find information on how YOU can help make your neighborhood a safer more enjoyable place to live.

11th District Police DepartmentThis site provides general information about the Chicago Police Department and the Chicago Alternative Policing Strategy.

You will also find information on how YOU can help make your neighborhood a safer more enjoyable place to live.

Advocate Health Care SystemAdvocate Health Care is an organization of physicians and health care professionals dedicated to serving the health needs of individuals, families and communities in northern Illinois. Recognized as the leading integrated health care delivery network in the United States, Advocate is a non-for-profit organization incorporated in 1995, but actually traces its beginnings back more than 100 years.

Advocate Trinity HospitalAdvocate Trinity Hospital is dedicated to listening and responding to your needs. It is our goal to become the hospital you choose through our unwavering commitment to excellent customer service and state-of-the-art medical care. We hope the information included here will help to make your visit a pleasant one. Thank you for giving us the privilege of serving you.

Affirmation HouseAffirmation House was founded and incorporated in 2003 by Sandi Brown, our mission is to provide Men-In-Transition (MIT) with life altering tools and skills, that will eradicate the root causes of homelessness; poverty, underemployment, unemployment and unhealthy life-styles. We provide transitional housing, food, clothing and transitional employment in a supportive service environment, for MIT that are homeless and/or at-risk of becoming homeless.

Breaking GroundBreaking Ground is a mission-driven not for profit organization building strong inner city communities through self-sustaining entrepreneurial programs and services. We are a comprehensive community development corporation focused on transforming low income individuals and their communities by offering integrated real estate development, homeownership assistance, job training, and direct employment, along with client-centered services.

Bethel New LifeAt Bethel New Life, we:

* Are rooted in faith; God calls to be about the work of enabling the fullness of life for all, and a healthy, sustainable community

* Are faith-based, focusing on our West Side Chicago community. We work towards making this place a model of what can happen when people work together for the common good. We are a local organization with a national perspective.

* Are community directed. Most of our board members are rooted in the community; Bethel functions through major participation of residents on Boards and committees and block clubs, participating churches, staff.

* Use an "asset based" approach, building on the strengths and capacities of the people and the place, starting with what we have, with what people know and want. We turn liabilities (like brownfields) into opportunities for "smart growth" in an urban community context.

* Are holistic, understanding the connections between a decent place to live and a living wage job for healthy families, and child care, quality education, transportation and access to health care for sustainability.

* Seek justice for all people, advocating and impacting systems so that there might be fairness, opportunity and a future regardless of color, economic status or nationality.

* Work in partnership with churches, corporations, government, and other groups towards a healthier, sustainable community.

Black AIDS Network

Blue House InstituteThe Blue House Institute, Richard's consulting practice, contains a domain where he has placed free information and links to organizations that are important to community development.

Brothers Keeper

Carole Robertson Center for LearningThe Carole Robertson Center for Learning is a multicultural nonprofit partnership among parents, youth, and community, that is dedicated to nurturing, supporting, and strengthening family life through quality child, youth, and family development programs. The Center serves Chicago families and facilitates community advocacy on child and family issues. The Center has a demonstrated ability to develop innovative programs, which are both responsive to needs and sustainable over the long run.

Center for Economic ProgressThe Center for Economic Progress increases economic opportunities for low-income families, children, and individuals by improving access to public, private, and non-profit programs and services. Through advocacy, community services, outreach, and training, the Center challenges barriers facing its constituency, thus promoting economic empowerment and encouraging self-sufficiency.

Established in 1990 as a non-profit organization, the Center has distinguished itself as a Chicago, statewide and national leader through its innovative programs, partnerships with community organizations, corporate allies, and government agencies.

Center for Employment TrainingThe Center for Employment Training (CET) is one of the country's largest, most effective employment training programs, focused on those who need help the most. A nonprofit organization, CET was established and headquartered in San Jose, CA in 1967 and has grown to a national network of 33 educational centers in 12 states. Working in joint venture with the private sector, CET has successfully trained and placed more than 100,000 people over the last 35 years.

Center for Law and Human Services

Chicago Anti-Hunger FederationThe Chicago Anti-Hunger Federation is a nonprofit 501 (c) (3) organization. The organization has a board of directors, an exective director and a staff of 16. We are located on the west side of the city of Chicago in a 12,500 square foot facility that houses a warehouse, staff offices, a fully-equipped instruction kitchen and a classroom.

Chicago Christian Industrial LeagueSince 1909, the Chicago Christian Industrial League (CCIL) has been training the homeless for work. During that time, we have found the most effective welfare-to-work program is...not the one that gives the most to those in need...it is the one that allows the greatest contribution from them.

CCIL acts as a home, a healer, a teacher and provider. We are available to the homeless of all ethnic origins and religions.

CCIL is dedicated to providing the structure, the support and a sense of purpose in the lives of the homeless men, women and families of Chicago who have come to us.

Chicago Community Loan FundChicago Community Loan Fund (CCLF) was originally conceived as a bridge between people who wanted to put their money to work "in their own backyard" and nonprofit organizations that serve low-wealth families and communities who need those dollars most.

CCLF's mission is to provide low-cost, flexible financing and free/low-cost technical assistance to nonprofit community development organizations for affordable housing, economic development and social service initiatives in low- and moderate-income neighborhoods throughout the Chicago metropolitan area.

Our vision is to work creatively with our clients to help them rejuvenate neighborhoods and improve the lives of low-wealth individuals and families who live in those communities.

Chicago Jobs CouncilThe Chicago Jobs Council (CJC) is a 23-year-old organization that works with its members to ensure access to employment and career advancement opportunities for people in poverty.

Founded in 1981 with 18 original members, CJC was established to track economic development funds earmarked for low-income Chicago residents. The young coalition monitored the city's public brick-and-mortar funding and developed advocacy efforts to build into it skills training that would broaden access to jobs. Since its early work, CJC has become a major player in the passage and implementation of local, state and national legislation. CJC acts on the principle that effective public policy is the result of broad community participation, and develops its agendas through ongoing dialogue with a diverse array of organizations.

A respected collective voice on anti-poverty issues, CJC has grown to include 100 community-based organizations, civic groups, businesses and individuals committed to helping disadvantaged Chicagoans move into the workforce and out of poverty.

Chicago Metropolis 2020In 1996, The Commercial Club of Chicago - a membership organization of leading area business and civic leaders - undertook the Metropolis Project, an effort to ensure the preeminence of the Chicago Metropolitan Region in the 21st century.

The premise of the Metropolis Project was that the issues facing the region - Cook, DuPage, Lake, McHenry, Kane and Will counties - are interdependent. There are numerous issues vital to our social and economic well-being, which must be addressed regionally. These issues relate to unlimited, low density sprawl; concentration of poor minorities; the spatial mismatch between jobs, affordable housing and transportation; and disparate degrees of access to quality education.

Chicago Urban LeagueThe Chicago Urban League supports and advocates for economic, educational and social progress for African Americans through our agenda focused exclusively on economic empowerment as the key driver for social change.

The Chicago Urban League provides African Americans with the tools, the programs and the experiences to help them reach their full economic potential. We are committed to growing Chicago�s African-American workforce and business community with well-informed pursuit of the following four strategies:

* Ensuring that African-American children are well-educated and prepared to lead in the global economy;

* Helping individuals and families attain economic empowerment through employment, homeownership, entrepreneurship and wealth accumulation;

* Advocating for policies and programs that ensure equal participation by African Americans in the economic and social mainstream;

* Creating positive cultural images.

Chicago Women in TradesCHICAGO WOMEN IN TRADES works to increase the number of women in the skilled trades and other blue collar occupations and to eliminate the barriers that prohibit women from entering and remaining in non-traditional careers.

Chicago Workforce BoardThe mission of the Chicago Workforce Board (CWB) is to support the vision of Chicago as a world-class city by ensuring the creation of a workforce development system that sustains economic growth and competitiveness by meeting the needs of employers for qualified workers and expanding employment opportunities for Chicagoland residents.

The Board provides a forum where business, labor, education, government, community-based organizations and other stakeholders work together to develop strategies that can address the supply and demand challenges confronting the local workforce.

Christians Building Urban Communities

City Colleges of Chicago � Wilbur Wright CollegeWilbur Wright College is a learning-centered, multi-campus institution of higher education offering students of diverse backgrounds, talents, and abilities a quality education leading to baccalaureate transfer, career advancement, and/or personal development.

City Colleges of Chicago - Malcolm X CollegeMalcolm X College , a learning and assessment-centered community college, empowers students of diverse backgrounds and abilities to achieve academic, career, and personal success.

Clarence J. Jones Life-Long Learning Center at United Baptist Church

Collectors Training InstituteCollectors Training Institute (CTI) is one of the largest minority-owned accounts receivable management companies in the United States. Our firm is engaged in collecting delinquent and charged-off consumer debt for major banks, financial services companies and credit card companies. We employ extensively trained and motivated account representatives utilizing call center technology. Our firm offers extensive industry knowledge, technological expertise, and long standing client relationships. These qualities enable us to improve our clients' accounts receivable recovery rates, thus improving their financial performance.

Community Economic Development Law ProjectThe Community Economic Development Law Project was launched in 1985 to respond to an unmet need in the delivery of legal services. The rationale was simple: initiatives undertaken by low-income communities require the same legal expertise, including tax, corporate, real estate and finance counsel, as any other enterprise in order to be successful. However, the cost of these services is beyond the budgets of most of the non-profit organizations serving low-income communities.

Under the direction of Susan Kaplan, the Project continues to be the only public interest legal organization dedicated to assisting non-profit groups with their neighborhood revitalization efforts.

Corporation for Supportive HousingCSH strives for a day when homelessness is no longer a routine occurrence and supportive housing is an accepted, understood, and easy-to-develop response. In coordination with broader national efforts to end homelessness, CSH will help communities create 150,000 units of supportive housing during the next decade.

In all of our work, we strive to address the needs of, and hold ourselves accountable to, the tenants of supportive housing.

CSH brings together people, skills, and resources. We advance our mission by providing high-quality advice and development expertise, by making loans and grants to supportive housing sponsors, by strengthening the supportive housing industry, and by reforming public policy to make it easier to create and operate supportive housing.

Congressman Danny K. DavisDanny K. Davis was chosen by the people of the 7th Congressional District of Illinois as their Representative in Congress on November 5, 1996. He has been a Member of Congress continuously since.

Congressman Davis introduced the 2nd Chance Act which continues to gain support in the 110th Congress. The Act is designed to rehabilitate and to prepare ex-offenders for a healthy and positive reentry into normal society once they are released from correctional facilities and institutions and to reduce recidivism.

Deer Rehabilitation ServicesDennis Deer, of Deer Rehabilitation Services, teaches Right Thinking, a cognitive-based training designed to make former offenders change their thinking about themselves, their relationships, and their communities.

Sharon Denise Dixon, 24th Ward AldermanWard 24 Alderman

Emergency FundThe Emergency Fund provides immediate financial assistance to help Chicago area low-income individuals and families through a crisis or transition.

FAITH, Inc.

Family Focus LawndaleThe mission of Family Focus is to promote the well being of children from birth by supporting and strengthening their families in and with their communities. Now in its 27th year, Family Focus continues to be a leader in the field of family support by offering innovative programs that help children achieve their full potential, support strong and healthy families, and address the changing needs of the communities we serve.

Gads Hill CenterGads Hill, a family resource center established in 1898, partners with our community to develop the assets of children, youth, adults, and families.

In collaboration with the members of our community and other organizations, Gads Hill Center develops programs that support and empower the economically and educationally disadvantaged residents of Chicago�s Pilsen, Little Village and North Lawndale neighborhoods. We put our mission into action through an array of services that are of high quality, flexible, responsive, and culturally sensitive:

*Early childhood education

*School-aged children�s educational support and recreation

*Teen tutoring, mentoring and educational planning

*Parental education

*Adult basic education

Gads Hill Center's mission is its guide in developing and refining programs that truly reach and bring about positive change in the community. We believe in the Search Institute's 40 Developmental Assets, which are 40 opportunities, skills, relationships, values, and self-perceptions that all young people need in order to succeed. The model shows that the higher number of developmental assets that children have, the less likely they are to engage in risky behaviors, and the more likely they are to engage in positive behaviors. We help parents build their children's assets through a variety of extracurricular family-centered activities, including workshops, trainings, and family potluck dinners. All of our employees, and over half of our participant kids' parents, receive training in this philosophy.

Great Cities Institute at the University of IllinoisGreat Cities Institute's (GCI) mission is one of "civic engagement." By creating, disseminating and applying interdisciplinary knowledge in Community Development, Metropolitan Sustainability, Workforce Development, and Professional Education, the Institute works to improve the quality of life in metropolitan Chicago and other national and international urban areas. GCI brings UIC's metropolitan commitment, known as the Great Cities Commitment, to first class research in and for the "great cities" of the world -- with a particular emphasis on Chicago. The Institute is the home to the UIC Neighborhoods Initiative, a university-community partnership with neighborhoods adjacent to the UIC campus. GCI's Affiliate Centers are the Center for Urban Economic Development (UICUED), and the Nathalie P. Voorhees Neighborhood Center.

Greater West Town Community Development ProjectGreater West Town Community Development Project seeks to build a community based collaborative response to the problems of unemployment and limited educational opportunities for the disadvantaged residents of West Town, Humboldt Park, and the Near West Side. Its goals are:

*To develop programs which can serve as practical, model solutions to problems which limit the educational and economic opportunities of neighborhood residents.

* To link the employment and training of neighborhood residents with economic development programs and the needs of area businesses.

* To pursue research and advocacy activities which pose solutions to the problems which create barriers to educational and economic opportunities for area residents.

Healthcare Consortium of IllinoisIt is the mission of the Healthcare consortium of Illinois to improve and enhance the quality of life in Illinois by increasing access to quality, integrated and comprehensive health and human services

State Senator Rickey HendonSenator Rickey Hendon, 5th District

Homan SquareHoman Square is the community development on the site of the original Sears, Roebuck and Co. world headquarters in the North Lawndale neighborhood on Chicago's West Side.

Starting in the late 1980's, the former Sears properties have been renovated in partnership with the City of Chicago and neighborhood residents to serve new purposes including housing and a community center.

The latest project involves converting the Power House that once powered,heated and cooled the entire complex into the Charles H. Shaw Technology and Learning Center, home to Henry Ford Power House Charter High School.

House of HopeThe House of Hope is a vision of the Salem Baptist Church of Chicago.

It began in the heart of the Senior Pastor, Rev. Senator James T. Meeks. As Salem had then grown to over 10,000 members, and continued to grow, additional space was desperately needed to continue the vision.

Always burdened by a passion to create a ministry that extends beyond the walls of the Church, Rev. Meeks' desire was to create a facility that would not only be used for worship on Sundays and Wednesdays, but that it would also bless the community and the City of Chicago by providing a quality family oriented entertainment facility.

The House of Hope is ideal venue for concerts, graduations, corporate events, trade shows, family shows and much more. Call us to today to schedule a personal tour of this unique and one-of-a-kind venue.

Illinois State Representative Constance A. HowardIn her 10 years in the Illinois General Assembly, State Representative Constance "Connie" Howard has been an advocate for cutting edge issues affecting the Black community, including HIV/AIDS, the digital divide, and expungement.

Illinois Department of Corrections"The mission of the Department of Corrections is to protect the public from criminal offenders through a system of incarceration and supervision which securely segregates offenders from society, assures offenders of their constitutional rights and maintains programs to enhance the success of offenders' reentry into society."

Illinois Department of Employment SecurityIDES is your direct link to Illinois workforce services: job placement and referrals, unemployment insurance, employment and training programs, career and labor market information, payroll tax filing, and more!

Illinois Department of Human ServicesDHS helps Illinois families achieve self-sufficiency, independence and health to the maximum extent possible. DHS improves the quality of life of thousands of Illinois families by providing an array of comprehensive, coordinated services through: community health and prevention programs, programs for persons with developmental disabilities, mental illness, or substance abuse problems, employment, training, and independent living programs for persons with disabilities, and financial support, employment and training programs, and child care, and other family services for low-income families.

Illinois State PoliceWe will strive for excellence in all we do -- seeking to be one of the premier policing agencies in the country.

Improve the quality of life for our citizens through unimpeachable integrity, public service, training and education.

Safeguard the public by assisting law enforcement, decreasing traffic fatalities and injuries and reducing crime and the fear of crime.

Provide leadership through innovation as a dynamic, diverse, learning organization which promotes personal and professional growth.

Institute for Clinical Social WorkPart-time doctoral and advanced training for full-time professionals in the field of clinical social work.

Jakacki Bag & BarrelJakacki Bag & Barrel, Inc., founded in 1942 by Frank J. Jakacki, is a leading reconditioner of fiber, steel and plastic drums. Located in Chicago, Illinois, Jakacki Bag & Barrel is a family-owned and operated business that is dedicated to the reconditioning of drums.

Jane Addams Resource Corporation Jane Addams Resource Corporation (JARC) was founded in 1985 as a not-for-profit community development organization.

The Jane Addams Resource Corporation builds healthy communities through workforce, economic, and human development. It is rooted in the North Center, Lakeview, Lincoln Square, and Uptown neighborhoods of Chicago and serves the Chicagoland area through a strategic mix of industrial retention, training, and educational initiatives.

Our Mission

* The Jane Addams Resource Corporation promotes strong communities, businesses and households to ensure that people who work do not live in poverty.

* JARC provides high quality skills training and support services to help lower-income and unemployed workers achieve self-sufficiency.

* JARC provides economic and workforce development services to businesses to improve their competitiveness.

Lawndale Business and Local Development CorporationLawndale Business and Local Development Corporation (LBLDC) was formed in 1985 to promote the economic health of Lawndale and adjacent areas through retention and expansion of business, and to provide new opportunities for residents through local training and employment.

As one of Chicago's leading community development groups, LBLDC continues to provide new opportunities to members by linking them to vital community and government resources. These include assistance with loan processing, city services, job training programs, business development, Empowerment and Enterprise Zone incentives, exporting and trade information, and access to technology and modernization resources through local organizations.

LBLDC also provides a forum through which members come together for networking and other business purposes. While our members vary from small to large, manufacturing to service industries, we all work together to ensure the continued growth and prosperity of a dynamic community.

Lawndale Christian Development CorporationLawndale Christian Development Corporation was established in 1987 by Lawndale Community Church to bring holistic revitalization to the lives and environments of Lawndale residents through economic empowerment, housing improvements, educational enrichments and community advocacy.

Lawndale Community ChurchLawndale Community Church strives to fulfill our Savior's greatest commandments to love the Lord with all our heart, soul, mind and strength and to love our neighbors as ourselves (Matt. 22:37-39). At the heart of our ministry is our commitment to compassionately renew lives and revitalize our community.

In 2004 after 26 years of ministry, we chose as our ministry focus discipleship from II Timothy for our year verse. This year, we are recommitting ourselves to knowing the word of God and to being serious disciples.

Life Directions, Chicago locationThe Life Directions mission is to motivate young adults, ages 13-35, especially the economically poor and "at-risk", to mature into responsible, productive adults through self-direction. Our mobile National Training Center provides this-by tailoring its training and development to the climate and situations faced by staff and peer leaders particular to each site.

LumityLumity, a 501(c)3 nonprofit organization, works to catalyze the nonprofit community to do more good work by increasing the capacity of charitable organizations to more effectively fulfill their missions. We do this through organizational capacity support, including technological and financial solutions, leadership in digital literacy, and defining a brighter future through thought leadership, resources, and education for the nonprofit community. Our goal is to help create high performing nonprofits with systems that support positive social impact.

Mayor's Office of Workforce DevelopmentThe Mayor's Office of Workforce Development (MOWD) helps Chicago businesses find qualified workers and assists Chicago residents to train for, get, maintain, and advance in their jobs. MOWD works through Mayor Daley�s WorkNet Chicago, its network of over 100 community-based and citywide organizations, to:

� Provide businesses with a job-ready workforce

� Assist adults facing barriers to employment

� Make job transitions easier for people who have lost their jobs

Mt. Sinai Health SystemsFor more than 80 years the hospitals, physicians and staff of Sinai Health System have provided medical care and social services to Chicago's neediest communities. Sinai today provides a full continuum of care- acute, primary, specialty and rehabilitation- to meet the needs of the communities and patients we serve.

National Able NetworkNational Able Network is a non-profit agency working to serve individuals, families, and communities by bringing together qualified job seekers and businesses. Since 1977, Able�s experienced, multicultural professionals provide the training, the personal skills and the job search techniques that help people enter or re-enter the workforce as quickly and as easily as possible. Our mission is clear: to enable people of every age and skill level get back to work and life.

National Association of Blacks in Criminal JusticeThe National Association of Blacks in Criminal Justice seeks to focus attention on relevant legislation, law enforcement, prosecution, and defense-related needs and practices, with emphasis on law enforcement, courts, corrections, and the prevention of crime. Among its chief concerns is the general welfare of and to increase influence of African Americans and people of color cas it relates to the administration of justice. NABCJ is designed to serve the needs of African Americans and people of color at all levels, including nonprofessionals, paraprofessionals, and professionals. Anyone can become a member of the Association, and as a member of NABCJ connotes your support and commitment to equal justice for all.

Neighborhood Housing Services of ChicagoA nonprofit organization established in 1975, NHS is committed to offering Chicago residents affordable resources so they can buy, maintain, and sustain their home. We partner with residents, lending institutions, the City of Chicago, block clubs, insurance companies, corporations and foundations so that families can protect and preserve their single biggest investment�their home.

Neighborhood Technology Resource CenterWelcome to the Neighborhood Technology Resource Center! We are bringing high-speed Internet access to four locations throughout Chicago. We offer:

* High speed community public access and a cutting edge wireless communtiy network

* After school programs for youth in grades K-8 and technology learning internships for young adults

* Basic and advanced classes in the Microsoft Office suite and other computer programs

* Lab space rental for community organizations

New Anointed Temple Outreach Ministries

North Lawndale Adult Transition CenterSixteen years after assuming the management of Crossroads, the Safer Foundation entered into another contract with IDOC to build and operate a second adult transition center in the North Lawndale community. This 200-bed facility was completed in the spring of 2000 and celebrated its official opening that summer. It now houses 200 male inmates and confirms Safer's belief in the value of providing transition support to individuals with a criminal record in their own community with the support of that community prior to release.

Like its Crossroads counterpart, the North Lawndale ATC offers a full spectrum of services needed to enable residents to take positive control of their lives and prepare them to lead crime-free, productive lives upon release.

North Lawndale Community NewsThe North Lawndale Community News is the local newspaper of the North Lawndale community.

North Lawndale YMCA Whether teaching children to swim, rescuing young men from gangs, training adults for the workforce, providing expectant mothers with prenatal care or serving transients with housing and supportive care, YMCAs collaborate with public service providers, government agencies, churches and neighborhood associations to improve life quality and encourage individual achievement.

The YMCA is equipped to serve a range of complex, contemporary family needs through our 21 fitness centers, 4 year-round resident camps, 7 human service centers, 5 Single Room housing residences, 4 Senior Housing centers, and 1 Supportive Housing for young adult males. The YMCA of Metropolitan Chicago is also one of the largest providers of licensed child care in the mid-west. For 150 years, the YMCA has been serving the diverse needs of each community through programs ranging from child care, affordable housing, street intervention, sports and fitness, and various programs for children, teens, adults and seniors. Through these sites and more, the YMCA touches and strengthens the lives of hundreds of thousands of people each year.

OAI, Inc.OAI, Inc. is a non-profit workforce development agency founded in 1976 by our current president, Tipawan T-Q Reed, when she became the Director of a federally funded refugee education project and volunteered to resettle more than 300 Laotian refugees. Based on her knowledge of Southeast Asian languages and cultures and her sensitivity to the needs of New Americans, she created a comprehensive service delivery model that became the foundation for today's OAI. She soon expanded her work to other disadvantaged populations across the Chicago area, with environmental remediation training delivered across the nation.

Pre-Employ.comPre-employ.com is recognized as a national leader in criminal background checks, pre-employment screening, drug testing, license verifications, reference verifications, previous employment verifications, and more - serving the rapidly growing HR services industry. Founded in 1994, we are a web-based B2B business focused on delivering pre-employment screening services that help employers hire the best people faster, easier, and less expensively.

Prisoner Relief Foundation

Project Match Founded in 1985 in Chicago, Project Match conducts program development and research in the fields of welfare-to-work and workforce development. Project Match�s employment model for community-based organizations and its case management model for state and local welfare agencies have both been adopted at sites around the country. The program�s research division uses data from replication sites�as well as from Project Match�s own community-based employment program�to explore the process by which poor Americans move toward economic and family stability.

Roosevelt UniversityRoosevelt is an urban, independent university committed to student success, academic quality, and social justice, with campuses in Chicago and Schaumburg, Illinois.

RyersonRyerson is a leading distributor and processor of metals in North America. Headquartered in Chicago, we operate service centers in cities across the United States and Canada, and serve an expanding international customer base through joint ventures in Mexico, India and China. Ryerson offers an unparalleled range of products, leading processing and fabricating capabilities, a broad geographic reach, and an established commitment to superior service. Everything we do is backed by our Big 5� commitment.

Safer FoundationThe Safer Foundation helps formerly incarcerated individuals re-enter their communities. Safer has been working for more than 30 years to reduce recidivism by helping people with records obtain employment and social services.

Sankofa Safe Child InitiativeTo provide referrals, resources & skills that encourages underserved families and communities to be strong, self-sufficient and remain in tact.

Sinai Community InstituteOur mission is to help families improve their health and well-being through education, employment, wellness and nutrition.

We are located at 2653 West Ogden Avenue - Chicago, Illinois 60608

For general information, please call: 773-257-6508.

Sinai Community Institute offers a variety of programs for all ages. Click on the links below to find out more about our programs.

Ed Smith, 28th Ward Alderman28th Ward Alderman

The Storehouse (part of World Vision)This community store helps meet basic needs for children and families by offering donated, high-quality goods to revitalize neighborhoods and sustain families for a hope-filled future. Local churches, schools, and community groups distribute the items to families in need.

TASC, Inc.TASC (Treatment Alternatives for Safe Communities) is a not-for-profit organization that provides behavioral health recovery management services for individuals with substance abuse and mental health disorders. Through a specialized system of clinical case management, TASC initiates and motivates positive behavior change and long-term recovery for individuals in Illinois' criminal justice, corrections, juvenile justice, child welfare, and public aid systems.

TASC provides direct services, designs model programs and builds collaborative networks between public systems and community-based human service providers. TASC's purpose is to see that under-served populations gain access to the services they need for health and self-sufficiency, while also ensuring that public and private resources are used most efficiently.

UMOJA at Manley Career AcademyUmoja programs, activities, and resources have been built into the fabric of Manley Career Academy and have substantially changed the overall school culture and the day-to-day experiences of students.

Umoja partners with teachers, school leadership at Manley and additional school partnerships to cultivate faith in the capacity of all students to grow, learn, and assume responsibility for themselves. For young people who have long been plagued by low academic and social expectations, these opportunities and relationships are essential to keeping them in school and building toward a positive future.

United Baptist Church of ChicagoThe mission of United Baptist Church is to bring the world to the saving faith in Jesus Christ through our example, our witness and the un-compromised Word of God.

Located at 4220 W. Roosevelt, Reverend Wilson Daniels opened its door to the U-Turn Permitted program in 2001. It is now one of the centers of ex-offender rehabilitation in Chicago.

Way of Life AME Church

Westside Association for Community Action

Westside Health AuthorityThe most important component of our work is relationship-building among neighbors. Relationships build the capacity of neighbors to be more effective as civic leaders, parents, students, or providers of other services. WHA seeks to dispel the myth that scientific data defines a community. We believe the community�s strength lies in using the capacity of people who are often labeled as victims, and empowering those who need help. Our major challenge is finding ways to utilize the gifts and capacity of the discarded, discounted person. This requires building trust among neighbors. We need to find ways to encourage each other as we try on the new role of gift-giver rather than client.

By identifying neighborhood assets and developing trusting relationships, WHA is able to mobilize residents to carry out a community vision in the areas of youth development, health promotions, community development, prisoner re-entry, employment, technology, violence prevention, and economic development. The foundation of our organization is community people. Ninety percent of our staff members come from the community and several neighborhood volunteers can be found working in some capacity each week.

WHA, like the Austin community, is also experiencing growth and renewal as it continues to build relationships, develop capacity and provide hope for a better and brighter future. WHA now operates from three locations with over 40 employees.

Westside Ministers CoalitionThe Westside Ministers Coalition, WMC of Chicago INC., is an organization whose pupose is to work in cooperation with other organizations sharing similar values in accomplishing our goal which is to explore and initiate self-help efforts to improve the Westside communities of Chicago in the areas of housing, health, energy, education, economics and community development.

Windy City Harvest

Women's Prison AssociationWPA is a service and advocacy organization committed to helping women with criminal justice histories realize new possibilities for themselves and their families. Our program services make it possible for women to obtain work, housing, and health care; to rebuild their families; and to participate fully in civic life. Through the Institute on Women & Criminal Justice, WPA pursues a rigorous policy, advocacy, and research agenda to bring new perspectives to public debates on women and criminal justice.